Ron DeSantis, Jag Officer
Harvard
2004, during his second year at Harvard Law, DeSantis was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy and assigned to JAG. He completed Naval Justice School in 2005.
Source: https://roserambles.org/2022/08/21/desantis-tours-gitmo-august-22-2022/
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DeSantis received his Reserve Naval officer's commission and assignment to the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) in 2004 at the U.S. Naval Reserve Center in Dallas, Texas, while still a student at Harvard Law School. He completed Naval Justice School in 2005.
Source: https://cowardandeastras.blogspot.com/2021/11/decorating-den-913-732-2990-s.html
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Florida
When he returned to the U.S. a year later [2008], the U.S. Department of Justice appointed DeSantis to serve as a Special Assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Florida, a position he held until his honorable discharge in 2010.
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_DeSantis
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Later that year [2005], he received orders to the JAG Trial Service Office Command South East at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, as a prosecutor.
DeSantis returned to the U.S. in April 2008, at which time he was reassigned to the Naval Region Southeast Legal Service. The U.S. Department of Justice appointed him to serve as an assistant U.S. attorney[20] at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Florida. DeSantis was assigned as a trial defense counsel until his honorable discharge from active duty in February 2010.
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Guantanamo
He was promoted from lieutenant, junior grade to lieutenant in 2006, and served at GITMO under JAG’s commanding officer, working directly with Jihadi detainees.
Source: https://roserambles.org/2022/08/21/desantis-tours-gitmo-august-22-2022/
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A document in the records showed that some time in the period of March of 2006 through early January 2007, DeSantis’s primary duty was a trial counsel – meaning a prosecutor. The record also showed that DeSantis’ was described as a “JTF-GTMO scheduler/administrative officer.”
The acronym stands for Joint Task Force Guantanamo, the naval base in Cuba that began operating detention camps after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Human rights groups have long been critical of detaining prisoners there without charges, among other concerns.
The Phoenix asked Navy officials to explain what DeSantis was doing as a “scheduler/administrative officer.”
However, “Unfortunately, specific details about Mr. DeSantis’s role as JTF-GTMO scheduler/administrative officer are not available,” said a Navy spokeswoman, Patricia Babb.
“However, while Mr. DeSantis was attached to Region Legal Service Office Southeast, there was a program that temporarily assigned (anywhere from two weeks to six months) judge advocates to serve at JTF-GTMO in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, where they performed the full spectrum of legal support duties in support of JTF-GTMO’s mission.”
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In 2006, he was promoted from lieutenant, junior grade to lieutenant. He worked for the commander of Joint Task Force-Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), working directly with detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Joint Detention Facility.
Source: https://cowardandeastras.blogspot.com/2021/11/decorating-den-913-732-2990-s.html
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Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FFonj6o0fTI
H/T Mr. Dirt & Deb on Truth Social for the Vid above
Iraq
…was promoted to lieutenant before serving as a legal advisor to SEAL Team One; he was deployed to Iraq in 2007. When he returned to the U.S. a year later…
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_DeSantis
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Helping advise the SEALS on rules of engagement, such as when to shoot and whether to go into certain areas, DeSantis deployed to Fallujah as part of the troop surge.
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In 2007, DeSantis reported to the Naval Special Warfare Command Group in Coronado, California, where he was assigned to SEAL Team One and deployed to Iraq with the troop surge as the Legal Advisor to the SEAL Commander, Special Operations Task Force-West in Fallujah.
Source: https://cowardandeastras.blogspot.com/2021/11/decorating-den-913-732-2990-s.html
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Closing
I have pieced together as much of Ron DeSantis’ Military career as I could find. If anyone has additional details that can be documented, please contact me on Truth Social or GAB.